Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-01-27
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* the Senate on the 18th the select COM
riatee reported resolution in favor Of cele.
brating the centennial Of the adoption ~ The
constitution in April, 1854 -aft5i the Offering Of
q number of resa,u,ssa5 the Senate passed forty
pension sslsa stlostly House bills, and then
tooh Up and passed the Pension Appropriation
Gill. 1t appropriates 100000 The Army Ap-
preparation bill was then also passed. THE ser-
ate took up the bill TO es,rp,.sn agricultural ex-
pertinent stat,rrs, and pending debate ad-
jeurnsa -. in the House a number Of bills
%efe introduced under the call OF States.
among them bill by ar. Anderson,
of Kansas, calling upon the Attorney
General for irfrtnlation as to the legal author
ity "s.isr which the directors of the Union
Pacific railroad consolidated with the Kansas
Pacific and Denver Pacific pndes Tie name of
the Union Pacific, THE tili for the relief OF
Dependent. parents and honorably discharged
spid!cSs ind sailors, disabled and dependent
upon their own labor for support, was then
passed under suspension of the rules, Under
a suspension OF the rules the 1icbse TOOK up and
concurred In the SeRat9 amendments to the
Mexican pessseT bill by vote of 243 to s. The
hill nees goes TO the President. 1t provides a
pension of slS per month to all soldiers, ma.
rines or militia who served sixty days IN the
Mexican war and were bcnofably discharged,
and the widows q; such who have not again
married. Adjourned.
Cong
II the Senate on the 18th the bill passed
amending the act of Junt g. 1884, providing for
the muster end pay OF certain volunteer officers
and men. The Senate took up the House bill
FORGETTING lands to the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge s. Vicksburg railroad, which after debate
was amended and passed Adjourned. In the
House the Committee on Invalid Pensions re-
ported o bill increasing from s72 to 800 per
criTiSarc uho havo lOSt hOfh
arms. The Committee on Foreign Affairs report
ed bill for investigating losses inflicted since
December 81, 1885, upon United States citizens
engaged in the North Atlantic fisheries The
House resumed consideration of the resolution
for an Investigation into the accounts of the Pa
cifc railroads, which was amended and passed.
The conference report on the Interstate Com
merce bill was then taken up and debated until
adjournment.
In the Senate on the 10Th Mr. Edmunds,
from the Foreign Relations Committee, re-
ported bill to authorize the President to pro-
tect and defend the rights of American fishing
vessels. The House bill for the relief of de-
pendent parents and honcrably discharged dis
abled soldiers was favoraby reported. The St.
Louis Bridge bill passed. The bill appropriate
ing 100000 to complete the Charleston IS. c.
jetties also passed. After an executive session
the Senate adjourned. =. In the House, at the
sumed upon the Interstate Commerce bill but
no vote reached. The St. Louis Bridge bill
passed. Mr.. Cultivate offered resolution
asking for information as to the indebtedness of
Pacific railroads to the Government Ad-
journed.
In the Senate on the Goth but little bust
ness OF importance was transacted, that body
being most of the time in executive session.
The conference report on the Electoral Count
bill was agreed to and after executive session
the Senate adjourned. In the House the
Pacific Railroads committee reported favorably
the resolution calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for Information of money owing by the
Pacific roads to the Government and it was
adopted. The Senate bill amending the patent
law in relation to trade marks passed. The
House then resumed consideration of the con-
ference report on the Interstate Commerce bill,
and debate continued until adjournment.
In the Senate on the 21st petition was
presented and read from the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union of the District OF Column
bia charging that gambling, drinking and i'm
morality were permitted by the Commissioners
After quite talk on the subject the petition
was referred to the District Committee. reso-
luton was adopted calling on the President for
copies of all correspondence with Mexico in re-
gard to the seizure and sale of the schooner Re-
becca in the port of Tampico. After an execu-
tive session the Senate adjourned until Mon
day The House took up and further debated
the conference report on the Interstate Com
merce bill and finally adopted it by vote of
219 to d. The House also agreed to the confer
ence report on the Allotment bill and at the
evening session passed twenty pension bills.
Adjourned